Steel & aluminium fabrication
Fabrication to your drawings or brief: frames, brackets, supports, stairs, canopies, enclosures and one-off steelwork, cut, welded and finished in our Gabane workshop.
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For foreign & local companies in any industry
Your Local Partner in Botswana: Subcontractor & Supplier
Looking for a local partner, local subcontractor or local supplier in Botswana? Tshipiworks is a citizen-owned metal fabrication business in Gabane, near Gaborone, and a division of Archgate Solutions (Pty) Ltd. We fabricate and install steel and aluminium work, gates, fencing, razor wire and security steel, and we build and hire out site units and mobile toilets for companies in any industry, anywhere in Botswana.
- ✓ 100% citizen-owned (Botswana)
- ✓ CIPA & BURS documents on request
- ✓ Countrywide delivery & installation
At a glance for foreign companies
A registered, citizen-owned local partner that makes and installs its own work.
Foreign contractors, investors and suppliers entering Botswana often need a local company for the work that is best made and installed close to site: perimeter fencing, gates, security steel, aluminium windows and doors, steel structures, and site welfare such as mobile toilets, guard rooms and site offices. Local companies need the same thing when they win work outside their own trade.
Tshipiworks does this work ourselves, in our own workshop, with our own installation team. If you are searching for a local partner in Botswana, a citizen-owned subcontractor or a local content partner for metalwork and site services, start here.
- Legal entity
- Archgate Solutions (Pty) Ltd, trading as Tshipiworks (Tshipiworks is a division of the company)
- Ownership
- 100% owned by a citizen of Botswana
- Base
- Own fabrication workshop in Rasoko Ward, Gabane, near Gaborone
- Coverage
- All of Botswana: delivery and installation by our own team
- What we do
- Steel and aluminium fabrication, fencing and security, site units, mobile toilets and mobile toilet hire
- Documents
- CIPA registration, BURS tax clearance and capability statement on request
- Languages
- English and Setswana
- Contact
- WhatsApp or phone +267 75 388 737 · info@tshipiworks.com
What we supply and fabricate
Steel, aluminium, security and site services.
We take on single items or whole packages, priced from your drawings, BOQ or sizes. Every page linked below has photos and details of the work.
Gates & sliding gates
Swing, sliding and pedestrian gates for sites, yards, estates and homes, with Centurion or equivalent motors where needed. Gates from P6,000.
Gates →Palisade & mesh fencing
Steel palisade and ClearVu-style mesh perimeter fencing for yards, compounds, plants and sites, supplied and installed.
Palisade & mesh fencing →Razor wire supply & installation
Concertina and flat wrap razor wire on walls and fences, mounted on custom brackets we make in our workshop.
Razor wire →Trellidors & burglar bars
Steel security gates (trellidors), burglar bars and grilles for offices, stores, staff housing and back-of-house areas.
Security steel →Aluminium windows & doors
Aluminium windows, hinged and sliding doors, bifold doors and garage doors, made to your window and door schedule.
Windows & doors →Office partitions incl. glass
Aluminium-framed and glass office partitions and partition doors for offices, receptions and meeting rooms.
Office partitions →Dog & pool partitions
Welded mesh partitions, dog runs and pool safety fencing with gates, such as our October 2026 dog partition at Phakalane Golf Estate.
Dog & pool partitions →Carports & steel structures
Steel carports, shade structures and canopies for staff parking, yards and public areas.
Carports →Custom mobile units
Trailer-mounted mobile toilets, guard rooms and site offices built to order, on a trailer or skid. In October 2026 we built a toilet trailer for a mining customer.
Mobile units →Mobile toilet hire with servicing
Mobile toilet hire with servicing for project sites, including energy and mining projects. Tell us the number of workers, site location and hire period.
Toilet hire →Repairs & maintenance
Welding repairs and planned maintenance for gates, fences and steelwork after handover, so your client has local support.
Welding & maintenance →Why a local partner
Why foreign and local firms work with us.
Many tenders and project owners in Botswana ask foreign contractors to involve citizen-owned companies or local suppliers. Check the exact requirement in your tender or contract; we provide the documents that show our ownership and registration.
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Citizen-owned
Archgate Solutions (Pty) Ltd is 100% owned by a Botswana citizen. Where a tender, client or project sets citizen-participation or local-content requirements, we provide the documents that show our ownership.
02
We make it here
Steel and aluminium work is fabricated in our own workshop in Gabane, so changes, extra items and repairs do not have to wait for imports.
03
We install it, countrywide
Our own team delivers and installs anywhere in Botswana, from Gaborone to Francistown, Maun, Kasane, Jwaneng and mine sites.
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One local contact
One accountable local partner for several packages: fencing, gates, security steel, aluminium, site units and toilets.
05
Easy to start remotely
You can brief us by email or WhatsApp before you arrive in Botswana. We reply in English and quote from drawings, photos and sizes.
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Honest about scope
If something is outside what we make or install, we say so up front instead of overpromising.
Industries
A local partner across all industries.
What we would honestly supply in each industry. If your need is not listed, send it anyway and we will tell you whether it is something we make.
Construction & property developmentMiningEnergy & solarGovernment & public worksHospitality & tourismAgriculture & farmsLogistics & warehousingTelecoms (tower sites)Security companiesEvents
Construction & property development
Main contractors and developers building hotels, offices, retail, housing and industrial buildings.
What we would supply
- ✓ Structural and light steel, canopies and stairs to drawings
- ✓ Aluminium windows, doors and shopfronts
- ✓ Glass and aluminium office partitions
- ✓ Balustrades, handrails and stair rails
- ✓ Site hoarding, perimeter fencing and gates
- ✓ Site offices, guard rooms and mobile toilets for site establishment
Mining
Mines, mining contractors and their suppliers who need site welfare, security and steelwork close to the work.
What we would supply
- ✓ Mobile toilet hire with servicing for project sites
- ✓ Trailer-mounted mobile toilets built to order (we built one for a mining customer in October 2026)
- ✓ Guard rooms and site offices on a trailer or skid
- ✓ Palisade and mesh fencing, razor wire and gates
- ✓ Steel cages and enclosures for stores and equipment
- ✓ Welding repairs and maintenance on steelwork
Energy & solar
EPC and energy contractors building solar plants, substations and other energy infrastructure.
What we would supply
- ✓ Perimeter fencing for plants, substations and yards
- ✓ Razor wire on custom brackets
- ✓ Vehicle and pedestrian access gates
- ✓ Guard rooms and site offices
- ✓ Mobile toilet hire with servicing for project sites
- ✓ Steel frames, shade and canopy structures to drawings
Government & public works
Contractors and suppliers pricing public buildings, schools, clinics and depots.
What we would supply
- ✓ Fencing, gates and razor wire priced from the BOQ
- ✓ Burglar bars, trellidors and steel security doors
- ✓ Aluminium windows and doors
- ✓ Office partitions for public offices
- ✓ Carports and shade structures
- ✓ Guard rooms and mobile toilets to the tender specification
Hospitality & tourism
Lodges, camps and hotels, including lodges around Maun and Kasane, and the contractors who build them.
What we would supply
- ✓ Aluminium windows, doors and bifold doors
- ✓ Balustrades and deck or stair railings
- ✓ Pool fencing and pool partitions with self-closing gates
- ✓ Gates and perimeter fencing
- ✓ Burglar bars and trellidors for stores and back-of-house
- ✓ Guard rooms and mobile toilet units for remote camps
Agriculture & farms
Farms, cattle posts, agri-processing sites and agricultural projects.
What we would supply
- ✓ Mesh and palisade fencing and farm gates
- ✓ Razor wire for stores and yards
- ✓ Carports, shade structures and steel sheds to drawings
- ✓ Steel frames, stands and brackets made to order
- ✓ Mobile units for remote camps, with solar and water-tank options
- ✓ Welding repairs on farm steelwork
Logistics & warehousing
Warehouses, depots, yards and distribution centres.
What we would supply
- ✓ Perimeter palisade or ClearVu-style mesh fencing
- ✓ Motorised sliding gates for truck entrances
- ✓ Guard rooms at gates and weighbridges
- ✓ Razor wire on walls and fences
- ✓ Office partitions inside warehouses
- ✓ Steel security doors, burglar bars and cages
Telecoms (tower sites)
Tower companies, network operators and rollout contractors securing tower and equipment sites.
What we would supply
- ✓ Compound fencing in palisade or mesh
- ✓ Razor wire on custom brackets
- ✓ Lockable access gates
- ✓ Steel cages and security steel for equipment
- ✓ Repairs to damaged fences and gates
- ✓ Priced per site for rollouts across Botswana
Security companies
Guarding and security companies, and the estates, complexes and businesses they protect.
What we would supply
- ✓ Guard rooms (mobile on a trailer or skid, or fixed)
- ✓ Razor wire supply and installation
- ✓ Palisade and mesh fencing
- ✓ Gates and gate motors
- ✓ Trellidors and burglar bars
- ✓ Welding repairs to gates and fences
Events
Event organisers, venues and function hosts.
What we would supply
- ✓ VIP and executive mobile toilet units built to order
- ✓ Ask us whether hire units are available for your dates
- ✓ Mobile guard rooms for gates and ticket points
- ✓ Steel-framed temporary fencing and gates priced to your layout
- ✓ Steel frames and stands made to your drawings
Recent work
Made in our Gabane workshop.
In October 2026 we built a trailer-mounted mobile toilet unit for a customer in the mining sector and installed a welded mesh dog partition at Phakalane Golf Estate. More in the project gallery.
Compliance documents
Documents available on request.
We send compliance documents directly to your procurement or vendor-registration team. We do not publish registration numbers online; they appear on the documents we send. Email info@tshipiworks.com with the list you need.
- ✓ Company registration with CIPA (Archgate Solutions (Pty) Ltd, trading as Tshipiworks)
- ✓ CIPA company extract showing 100% citizen shareholding
- ✓ Valid BURS tax clearance certificate
- ✓ Certified director ID
- ✓ Capability statement and company profile
Capability statement
Ask for our one-page capability statement
It summarises who we are, what we fabricate and install, where we work and how to contact us, in a format you can add to a supplier file or tender submission.
Request by emailHow to start
Four steps to a local partner.
STEP 1
Message us
WhatsApp +267 75 388 737 or email info@tshipiworks.com with your company, country, industry, project location and what you need locally.
STEP 2
Get our documents
Ask for our capability statement and the compliance documents your procurement team needs for vendor registration.
STEP 3
Send the scope
Send drawings, a BOQ, a specification or photos and sizes. We return an itemised quote with inclusions and exclusions.
STEP 4
We make & install
We fabricate in Gabane, deliver and install anywhere in Botswana, and stay available locally for changes and repairs.
Working outside Greater Gaborone? See our service areas across Botswana.
Questions from companies looking for a local partner
How do foreign companies find a local partner in Botswana?+
Start with the work you need done locally, then look for a registered, citizen-owned Botswana company that can show CIPA registration and a valid BURS tax clearance and that does the work itself. Many foreign firms also contact the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) for general guidance. For steel and aluminium fabrication, fencing, razor wire, gates, site units and mobile toilets, Tshipiworks can be your local partner: WhatsApp +267 75 388 737 or email info@tshipiworks.com and ask for our capability statement.
Can you work as a subcontractor on large projects?+
Yes. We work as a subcontractor or local supplier to main contractors, EPC contractors and developers, pricing steel, aluminium, fencing, security and site-establishment packages from your BOQ, drawings and programme. We have not been appointed on any named large project; we confirm what we can deliver against your programme before we price.
Is Tshipiworks a citizen-owned company?+
Yes. Tshipiworks is a division of Archgate Solutions (Pty) Ltd, which is 100% owned by a Botswana citizen. We provide the CIPA company extract and director ID on request.
What compliance documents can you provide?+
On request we send our CIPA registration and company extract, a valid BURS tax clearance certificate, certified director ID and our capability statement. We do not publish registration numbers on the website; they are on the documents we send you. Tell us the registration your tender requires and we will confirm up front whether we hold it.
Which industries do you work with?+
Construction and property development, mining, energy and solar, government and public works, hospitality and tourism, agriculture, logistics and warehousing, telecoms tower sites, security companies and events. In every industry our work is steel and aluminium fabrication, fencing and security, site units and mobile toilets.
Do you work outside Gaborone?+
Yes. We serve all of Botswana. Our workshop is in Gabane near Gaborone, and our own team delivers and installs in towns such as Francistown, Maun, Kasane, Palapye, Jwaneng and Ghanzi, and on mine and project sites.
Do you hire out mobile toilets for project sites?+
Yes. We offer mobile toilet hire with servicing for project sites, including energy and mining projects. We also build trailer-mounted mobile toilets, guard rooms and site offices to order for sale.
Can we start from outside Botswana?+
Yes. You can brief us by email or WhatsApp and send drawings, a BOQ or a specification before you arrive. We quote from those documents and arrange a site measure in Botswana when the work goes ahead.
Do you publish prices?+
Only for gates, which start from P6,000. Everything else is quoted from your drawings, BOQ or sizes so the price matches your scope.
Are you a supplier or a fabricator?+
Both. We fabricate our own steel and aluminium work in Gabane and install it, and we also supply and install items such as razor wire, gate motors and glass as part of a package.
Need a local partner in Botswana?
Tell us your industry, project location and what you need made, installed or hired. We reply on WhatsApp or email with next steps and our capability statement.
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